Baggage - Emily Barr

Having recently read ‘Cuban Heels’ by Emily Barr, I was quite keen to get my hands on the second book she’d written, which somehow had escaped me at the time it was first published. When I found out it featured Oz, it soon became top of my pile to read next! * The plot * Imagine this. Your name is Sophie, you’re a 29 year old female, travelling alone around Australia. You hit a small town and by pure chance you meet a woman, a person so familiar ...
...is your best friend from England, someone who disappeared from your life ten years ago, presumed dead. Her name was Daisy Fraser, but this woman says her name is Lina Pritchett. You know she’s lying, and is pretending not to recognise you but you want to know why she pretended to jump off the Severn Bridge after the death of several friends at a drugs party and left you mourning her ever since. Back in London, your boyfriend Larry is a journalist. ...

kirstymack80 22.09.2004 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Baggage - Emily Barr

I am lucky enough to have a friend who is always buying books as she is a member of a book group so I often borrow books she recommends. The latest one was "Baggage" by Emily Barr. Emily Barr has also written "Backpack" but I haven't read that. The Cover The book has a picture of a woman sitting on a case with a long road stretching out into the horizon. At the top of the book is an aeroplane and the aeroplanes tracks have spelt out "baggage" in ...
...it …" From just looking at the front of this book I got the idea that this was about someone who travelled abroad to escape from her problems. The book cover is an accurate description of the story. The Plot The story centres around three main characters Lina, Sophie and Larry. Sophie is backpacking in Australia when she sees someone she recognises but hasn't seen for over 10 years. This person is Daisy Fraser, her childhood friend and someone ...

AJ26 12.10.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Baggage - Emily Barr

...read that when I saw Baggage in the bookshop I knew I had to have it immediately! I thought, 'at £6.99 you can't go wrong!' Barr captures the very essence of fictional but seemingly real characters with lives so believable that you almost hope you bump into them on the street and ask them how things are going after a bad trip Down Under or out in Asia. Baggage on the one hand; is about a woman who dreams about getting the ultimate story whilst ...
...other hand there is a woman down under living in a sleepy town in the outback coping with life, the thoughts of motherhood and a bottle of vodka underneath the kitchen sink wishing that life could get better. Although the story has a twist, the woman down under hides something very secret from her friends in the Outback and the reporter back in the UK is about to uncover the greatest case known to the London Metropolitan Police! Will she tell them ...

Jugglet 19.04.2004 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Baggage - Emily Barr

...outback is hiding some serious baggage for Daisy... But her world starts to fall apart when a backpacker from London recognises her and reports back to her journalist boyfriend. Daisy has a dark secret to hide, that is slowly being revealed to all those so close to her. The heat is on as Daisy tries to leave the past where it belongs... This book has some great twists and is very exciting in places. The characters are great and you end up sympathising ...

Edgey 24.07.2004 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Baggage - Emily Barr

I love Emily Barr's writing so i was keen to read this book. It didn't let me down..It was a page turner throughout and one of those books you don't want to finish but can't put down and need to keep reading. Emily Barr really sets the scene for you and you can put yourself in the location of Craggy Town in Oz. Can someone disappear off the face of the earth and leave family and friends mourning their death? What are the chances of someone from ...
...the other side of the world? What secrets are you hiding from your "new" friends and family and will it tear the family apart if these secrets are revealed? Find all this out in "Baggage" For those who like happy endings, as is usual with Emily Barr, the story doesn't tie up all the loose ends neatly at the end of the book but lets the readers imagination decide if there is a happy ending or not. Take on holiday but make sure you take a second ...

Dukeno1 11.08.2005 (13.08.2005) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of Baggage - Emily Barr